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Path: sserve!manuel!munnari.oz.au!mips!mips!pacbell.com!tandem!UB.com!igor!fensende!mcuddy From: mcuddy@fensende.Rational.COM (Mike Cuddy) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Subject: Re: AT&T vs. BSDI --> 4.3BSD-NET2 distribution requires AT&T license!!! Keywords: AT&T 'Death Star' rises over BSDI's horizon [Tel. 1-800-800-4BSD Message-ID: <mcuddy.711795634@fensende> Date: 22 Jul 92 09:00:34 GMT References: <l6nibgINNje6@neuro.usc.edu> <1992Jul21.142631.14517@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> Sender: news@Rational.COM Lines: 26 jjsmith@nyx.cs.du.edu (Jonathan J. Smith) writes: >Hrm well to the uneducated in legalieze (me) this sounds just a tad unlikely, >First of I believe that AT&T has to PROVE that said things actually were >based on derived from intellectual property of AT&T. I also believe that >burden of proof lies with AT&T. To me it sounds a shade unlikely that they >could possibly prove that , I COULD be totaly wrong here however. Just >doubting that is will happen i guess, sounds way to unreasonable. Heh, you forget that USL/ATT have lots of money for lawyers. How many 5 to 10 thousand dollar lawsuits can BSDI withstand? 5? 10? That's a lot of money for a startup, however, it's piss in a bucket for ATT/USL. *SIGH* Do not forget the principles this country is decaying under: Only the financially advantaged win :-(. Boycott AT&T, don't use the phone. ;-) --Mike Cuddy (mcuddy@rational.com, fensende!mcuddy@apple.com) To Anachreon in Heav'n/Where he sat in full glee/A few sons of harmony sent a petition/That he them inspi-re and patron would be/When this answer arrived/ from the jolly old Grecian/"Boys fiddle and flute,/no longer be mute,/ I'll lend 'ye my name/And inspire ya' ta' boot/And besides I'll instruct 'ye/ like me, to entwine/ the Myrtle of Venus with Bacchus' vine! -- sing to the tune of the star spangled banner... (these are the orig words, yes folks, our national anthem is a ``let's get drunk and F*** song'').